12-21-2025, 02:35 PM
I'm a bit bemused that Aggers is now saying Stokes/McCullum should have a future as captain and coach. His take seems to be that if Key hadn't "let them do it", they wouldn't have made such mistakes in selection, culture and training. So Key gets the chop.
That's a bit weak for me. Stokes and McCullum have made some seriously faulty decisions based on nothing more than their "gut feel" and an increasing croneyism within the closed circle of the squad. They talked up this Ashes as being where it would all bear fruit. Which it hasn't - even if they claw it back to 3-2, I'm not having it that "it's not too bad after all". They've been inexcusably crap and have been hammered twice and beaten once.
I'm particularly exercised by the whole Shoaib Bashir situation. Stokes saw a few minutes of YouTube footage of this guy bowling and decided he would win us the Ashes in 2025/26. On which basis he canned the best spinner in the English game. For that alone, he needs to go IMO. Pathetic and arrogant behaviour from a man who doesn't have the brain to captain at the highest level.
That's a bit weak for me. Stokes and McCullum have made some seriously faulty decisions based on nothing more than their "gut feel" and an increasing croneyism within the closed circle of the squad. They talked up this Ashes as being where it would all bear fruit. Which it hasn't - even if they claw it back to 3-2, I'm not having it that "it's not too bad after all". They've been inexcusably crap and have been hammered twice and beaten once.
I'm particularly exercised by the whole Shoaib Bashir situation. Stokes saw a few minutes of YouTube footage of this guy bowling and decided he would win us the Ashes in 2025/26. On which basis he canned the best spinner in the English game. For that alone, he needs to go IMO. Pathetic and arrogant behaviour from a man who doesn't have the brain to captain at the highest level.